Why Choosing the Right Friends Matters

Why Choosing the Right Friends Matters

Author: The Living Hour January 20, 2026 Duration: 16:33

Listen to episode 1088 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Why Choosing the Right Friends Matters. Adapted from the book Friendship by Hugh Black.

Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: There is nothing so important as the choice of friendship; for it both reflects character and affects it. We are known by the company we keep. It is an in- fallible test; for our thoughts, and desires, and ambitions, and loves are revealed there. It also affects our character; for it is the atmosphere we breathe. It enters our blood and makes the circuit of our veins. Or as the old saying goes, “All love assimilates to what it loves." 

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